Top 5 PS5 Games Releasing in May 2025

Here is the Full List of Top 5 PS5 Games Releasing in May 2025:

• Despelote (May 1): A narrative-focused adventure game.
• Age of Empires 2: Definitive Edition (May 6): The real-time strategy classic comes to PS5.
• Captain Blood (May 6): An action-adventure pirate title.
• King Arthur: Legion IX (May 6): A RPG based on Arthurian legend.
• Metal Eden (May 6): A sci-fi first-person shooter with cybernetic warfare gameplay.
• Empyreal (May 8): A new PS5 title, details to be revealed.
• The Midnight Walk (May 8): A stylish horror adventure with stop-motion art style.
• Pixelshire (May 8): A wholesome RPG with town-building gameplay.
• Revenge of the Savage Planet (May 8): An action-adventure title.
• Spirit of the North 2 (May 8): The followup to the atmospheric exploration title.
• Everspace 2: Wrath of the Ancients (May 12): A space shooter with RPG elements.
• Death end re;Quest CodeZ (May 13): A story-focused JRPG.
• The Precinct (May 13): An action game with a police theme.
• Slender: The Arrival VR (May 13): A VR horror experience.
• American Arcadia (May 15): A puzzle-platformer.
• City Bus Manager (May 15): A simulation game.
• Doom: The Dark Ages (May 15): The next game in the legendary shooter franchise, set in a medieval world.
• GET OUT – a “Very Bad Dreams” story (May 15): Details to be announced.
• Into the Restless Ruins (May 15): Details to be announced.
• Yasha: Legends of the Demon Blade (May 15): An action RPG.
• Capcom Fighting Collection 2 (May 16): A fighting game compilation.
• RoadCraft (May 20): A driving simulation game.
• Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time (May 21): A cozy RPG with job-switching and multiplayer features.
• Knight’s Night! (May 21): Details to be announced.
• Monster Train 2 (May 21): A deck-building strategy game.
• Blades of Fire (May 22): Details to be announced.
• Deliver At All Costs (May 22): Details to be announced.
• Out of Sight (May 22): Details to be announced.
• Lynked: Banner of the Spark (May 22): Details to be announced.
• Steredenn: Binary Stars (May 22): A shoot ’em up.
• The Town of Nie: Iromusubi (May 22): Details to be announced.
• Zombie Army VR (May 22): A VR shooter.
• Cosmi: Forbidden Forests (May 27): Details to be announced.
• Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo (May 28): To be announced.
• to a T (May 28): To be announced.
• Fuga: Melodies of Steel 3 (May 29): A tactical role-playing game.
• Nice Day for Fishing (May 29): To be announced.
• Scar-Lead Salvation (May 29): To be announced.
• Sonic Wings Reunion (May 29): A shoot ’em up revival.
• Steam-Heart’s & Advanced Variable Geo Saturn Tribute (May 29): A retro game bundle.
• Disney Illusion Island Starring Mickey & Friends (May 30): Disney character platformer.
• Elden Ring: Nightreign (May 30): New multiplayer co-op action survival game based on the Elden Ring universe, with special characters and boss fights.
• F1 25 (May 30): New game in the Formula 1 racing franchise.
• Lost Soul Aside (May 30): Action RPG with combat and fashionable graphics.

Top 5 PS5 Games Releasing in May 2025

1. Elden Ring Nightreign (May 30)

Elden Ring Nightreign is a co-op spin-off developed by FromSoftware in a parallel universe to the original Elden Ring.

Game Info:

• Elden Ring Nightreign
• Publisher: Bandai Namco Entertainment
• Release Date: May 30, 2025
• Genre: Cooperative action survival/roguelike
• Platforms: PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PC
  

The game focuses on three-player play, where groups work together over three in-game days (each run taking 30–45 minutes) to scavenge resources, take down bosses, and survive the creeping Night’s Tide that reduces the map every night.

Eight pre-defined characters are chosen by players, with each featuring stat growth and abilities, opting away from the original’s character builder in favor of specialized class roles.

Progression is session-based: each run resets characters to level one, but relics gained during successful runs give permanent boosts for subsequent sessions.

Gameplay is a routine of daytime exploration for equipment and nighttime boss encounters, with the climactic final battle against the Nightlord on the third day.

The map, Limveld, combines features from Elden Ring’s Limgrave with new locations, including events such as Margit invasions and environmental puzzles.

Combat keeps the original’s heavy mechanics but adds features, such as randomized weapon synergies and modifier upgrades (e.g., lightning strikes on dodges or frost novas while sprinting). Crossplay is not supported, restricting co-op to players in the same platform ecosystem.

• Session-Based Design: Each playthrough is ~45 minutes long, broken into five phases (day/night cycles).
• Relic System: Permanent upgrades accessed through relics.
• Character System: Eight set characters, no customization, with each character having a unique stat scaling.
• Platform Limitations: No crossplay announced, co-op limited to same platform families.

Although technically within the Elden Ring universe, Nightreign structurally diverges from being a condensed, team-based experience different from the single-player open-world RPG format.

Pre-orders come in various editions (Standard, Deluxe, Seekers), with no need to own the base game.

2. Metal Eden (May 6)

Built by a studio whose identity has not been confirmed, Metal Eden is a FPS game taking place in a cyberpunk-flavored orbital city infested by renegade AI and biomechanical foes.

Game Info:

• Metal Eden
• Publisher: TBD (Independent/Unannounced; likely self-published or via a mid-sized indie label)
• Release Date: May 6, 2025
• Genre: Sci-fi first-person shooter
• Platforms: PlayStation 5, PC (other platforms unconfirmed)
• Awards: None announced pre-release.

The game is all about verticality, with jetpacks and cybernetic upgrades allowing the players to move around multi-level combat zones.

The story takes a team of Eden Operatives on a suicide run to dismantle the AI core of the city, combining DOOM Eternal-level aggression with Titanfall 2 movement mechanics.

Play is based on quick gunplay, with modular attachments on weapons (e.g., plasma guns that have ricocheting rounds) and environmental hazards such as gravity wells.

Enemy models vary from spider-like robots to giant biomech bosses, and methods of attack must be improvised. Missions in the campaign are in a progression of increasing difficulty, with side objectives leading to shortcuts or snippets of lore on the downfall of the city.

Though specifics are thin, promotional copies point to a neon-lit art direction, destructible terrain, and a synthwave-infused sound track.

• Movement Mechanics: Jetpack jumps, wall-running, and cyber-enhanced dashes for ceiling-to-floor combat.
• Weapon Customization: Modular attachments change the behavior of a weapon (e.g., explosive rounds, chain lightning).
• Enemy Diversity: Weakpointed biomechanical enemies with evolving AI patterns.
• Art Style: Volumetric lighting-heavy cyberpunk aesthetic.
• Platform Release: Announced on PS5 and PC; no announcement for Xbox/Switch ports.
• Development Budget: Presumably indie/mid-budget given muted pre-release promotional push.

No multiplayer at launch implies single-player focus, but post-launch patches might add more modes. Pre-orders don’t have bonuses announced, nor is cross-platform play due to the indie-level production.

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3. The Midnight Walk (May 8) 

Created by an unrevealed indie development team, The Midnight Walk is a story-driven horror game that combines 3D environments with stop-motion animation in a tactile, dreamlike aesthetic that recalls Coraline or The Nightmare Before Christmas.

Game Info:

• The Midnight Walk
• Publisher: Annapurna Interactive
• Release Date: May 8, 2025
• Genre: Horror adventure/puzzle-platformer
• Platforms: PlayStation 5, PC (other platforms unannounced)
• Awards: None announced pre-release.

A child protagonist explores a dark, monster-populated world via a lantern companion who is alive and can deflect threats while lighting up obscured routes.

Gameplay centers around environmental puzzles, stealth, and light-based interactions, with the flickering flame of the lantern determining both advancement and exposure.

The narrative is presented through vignettes found in cursed dioramas, which expose the fractured memories of the protagonist and the origins of the Midnight Realm.

Enemy design features paper-like shadow creatures and giant, puppet-like bosses, each with its own set of strategies to avoid or outmaneuver.

• Art Style: Stop-motion animation with overlay 3D environments for the dreamlike, sense of the look.
• Core Mechanic: Light management from lanterns applied to puzzle-solution and dodging enemies.
• Narrative Style: Non-linear storytelling through collectible dioramas and environmental hints.
• Enemy Design: Shadow entities and puppet bosses whose behavior is connected to cycles of light and darkness.
• Platforms: Released on PS5 and PC; support for PlayStation VR2 unclear.
• Development Scale: Indie effort with focus on artistic experimentation over scope.

Art style merges hand-worked stop-motion assets with reactive lighting, constructing jarring disparities between lantern illumination and ink-inspired blackness.

Sound design enhances diegetic audio (e.g., creaking floors, far-off murmurs) in creating tension. Though advertised as a single-player title, there has been no announcement of supporting modes or multi-player options.

4. Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time (May 21)

From Level-5, the sequel, Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time builds upon the formula of the first 3DS game, combining job-class progression (Life classes such as Cook, Miner, and Paladin) with town-building elements and time-manipulation puzzles.

Game Info:

• Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time
• Publisher: Level-5 (confirmed, based on prior Fantasy Life titles)
• Release Date: May 21, 2025
• Genre: Cozy RPG/Simulation
• Platforms: PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch (other platforms unconfirmed)
• Awards: None announced pre-release.

The game involves a heroine stuck on a time-fluctuating island that needs to be corrected by players through the completion of quests throughout different eras of time.

Gameplay centers on switching between 12+ Life classes, all with different abilities (e.g., Anglers can fish in lakes with time frozen around them, Blacksmiths fix old machinery).

The town on the island is an open-ended hub that can be customized as the player rebuilds buildings and unlocks new services by assigning NPCs.

Multiplayer accommodates four players for co-op quests, resource collection shared between them, and mini-games such as Time Trials.

• Job System: Over 12 classes with interlinking progression and class-specific powers.
• Town-Building: Customizable town with NPC hiring and building improvements.
• Multiplayer: Four-player co-op for quests, crafting, and exploration.
• Time Mechanics: Rewind/fast-forward powers linked to the island’s cursed timeline.
• Platforms: Released for PS5 and Switch; Xbox/PC releases not announced.
• Development Legacy: Direct sequel to Fantasy Life (2012).

The series’ chibi art style is maintained but now takes advantage of PS5 hardware for lighting and environmental detail. Time Echo is added as a gameplay mechanic, letting players rewind minor errors or speed through repetitive activities.

Pre-ordering comes with special cosmetic rewards, although cross-play is not yet confirmed.

5. Doom: The Dark Ages (May 15)

Created by id Software, Doom: The Dark Ages transposes the classic action of the franchise into a medieval-themed hellscape, incorporating classical DOOM gunfights with ancient arms such as flails, siege crossbows, and alchemical grenades.

Game info:

• Doom: The Dark Ages
• Publisher: Bethesda Softworks (confirmed, based on prior DOOM titles)
• Release Date: May 15, 2025
• Genre: First-person shooter (single-player campaign)
• Platforms: PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PC (other platforms unconfirmed)
• Awards: None announced pre-release.
• Composer: Mick Gordon 

The game marks the Doom Slayer’s origin in a pre-industrial world, fighting against demon legions that have broken into a feudal world.

Gameplay preserves the series’ “push-forward” combat philosophy but adds environmental interactions such as destructible fortifications and physics-based traps (e.g., collapsing drawbridges, boiling oil cauldrons).

Enemy designs combine medieval aesthetics with body horror, such as armored Hell Knights and cathedral-like boss arenas. The campaign structure is mission-based, with hub areas for weapon upgrades through blacksmiths and alchemists.

• Setting: Medieval hell with Gothic architecture and feudal warfare aesthetics.
• Weaponry: Combination of ballistic firearms (such as proto-shotguns) and melee-oriented archaic weaponry.
• Enemy Design: Demons rebranded with armor, siege equipment, and religious imagery.
• Tech: id Tech 8 engine updates for destructible environments and real-time gore.
• Platforms: Confirmed on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC; last-gen versions not announced.
• Development: id Software’s first major setting change since DOOM Eternal’s sci-fi emphasis.

Visuals make use of id Tech 8 for lighting and gore effects, highlighting bone-crunching melee kills and terrain deformation.

Multiplayer information is not officially announced, though leaks indicate a Horde Mode with castle-defense elements. Pre-orders feature cosmetic weapon skins and a soundtrack sampler, though crossplay is not announced.

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